wankerness
Well-Known Member
I went through PS4 controllers like crazy (had THREE of them develop inaccuracies with the left stick), but so far the PS5 controller that came with the system has been fine besides the X button occasionally sticking due to dirt. I have two others - one I installed modded back buttons on so I've been using it as little as possible to preserve it, so that one's fine, and then the third one I got is still also fine but has seen several hundred fewer hours of use so far and the buttons don't feel as good as the old one.I've been playing a lot of the DLC for the game that need not be mentioned in every thread, but the experience has been fraught with stick drift, which is really annoying. I ended up tearing my two PS5 controllers apart, cleaning the stick pots as well as I could, and reassembling them, which seems to have worked for now, but I'm still saddened that this is a common issue for this generation. None of my pre-PS4 or pre-Xbone controllers ever had this issue. And I managed to avoid it on the switch somehow. But every xbone or PS5 controller that I use develops some drift.
I like how the PS5 controller that has replaceable sticks costs a truly outrageous amount (I saw an advertised "incredible, biggest sale ever!" on it yesterday for $175) purely so Sony can not lose so much money on people not having to replace the whole goddam controller every year or so. If they have it for $150 on prime day I might buy it since I think we're going to be stuck with PS5 pro for at least another couple years before they become defunct.
On Switch, I got two pro controllers and both developed stick drift on the left stick. I've basically just stopped playing the switch cause I got sick of replacing that shit, and my girlfriend isn't bothered by it so whatever. Coincidentally the older of the two also completely stopped working on battery power, it was weird, it went from 8 hours+ of battery life one day to "will not even light up unless it's plugged in" the next. It's like the battery disconnected inside of it!
I have never had a problem with the "joycons" but that's partly cause I've almost never used them cause I can't deal with the switch in handheld mode (my hands cramp up almost instantly).